• ” Smith interviews the writers not only as a professor of literature and as an editor, but as a reader and lover of books. ”
  (Atlantic Provinces Book Review, Halifax)
• ” The interviews are superbly organized, clearly dovetailed with biographical material and brief summaries. These are fascinating portraits. This book is a must for any library. It conveys a sense of the world of Québec letters and its diverse voices. ”
  (Canadian Materials)
• ” Smith brings together a totality, a Québécois weltanschaung. The book is a live, verbal register of public and private aspirations unfurling and cultural, social and political settings of Québec through its symbols. ”
  (The Ottawa Citizen)
• ” This is lively stuff. The sort of things that leaves footprints in the mind. A valuable book. ”
  (The Toronto Star)